Blog Post #1 Personal Narrative Response

I thought the readings (personal narratives) for this last assignment where really well written and organized. I particularly enjoyed the narrative “Love Story Fades to Black”, by Michael Potter.  I love how his writing almost makes it seem like time is slowing down in those awkward moments. However, I found it quite disturbing that he was so eager to be in a relationship, especially with a girl he knew previously, right after his mission. It seems like the norm for missionaries to come home and be eager to get married and at first be awkward, but this situation seems a little too forward. It makes me wonder where his thoughts were directed on his mission. Did he constantly have her in mind while he was gone? It almost seems like he was expecting to swoop her off her feet and carry her into the sunset. Even I, a “pre-mi”, understand that that’s not how life works out. Only when you’re a general authority, or something, do you marry your high school sweetheart. I don’t know, maybe I’m so critical cause as a guy I know what it’s like to get shut down and forgotten by a girl, and so when I see another guy making that mistake it’s frustrating.

                Either way, I have to give the guy props. His writing sucked me right in. Maybe it was the whole archetype of girl drama that appealed to me, but I would like to think not. I really think that he did a great job, in slowing the story down enough to understand his thoughts and to really become attached to his character.